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benefit of the doubt
noun
a favorable opinion or judgment adopted despite uncertainty.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of benefit of the doubt1
Example Sentences
Can we expect them to give hope and effort the benefit of the doubt now?
“Israeli snipers who shoot children are still given the benefit of the doubt,” she said.
It feels like the lower courts, by and large, are not quite willing to give a massive benefit of the doubt to the president’s claim that everything is an emergency because it feels like an emergency.
"All these things are going to be litigated through and the president is probably going to be given the benefit of the doubt," he said.
The statement added that it recognises there will be an "absence of evidence given the length of time which has passed" and therefore will give the benefit of the doubt to postmasters.
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